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08/09/2008

The world’s largest cruise campaign launches this week and Thomson, in St John’s Shopping Centre is one of 2,000 travel agencies in Britain holding events to highlight the world of cruising.

 A record one-and-a-half million Brits are expected to take a cruise this year and the choice and diversity of cruising has never been greater. It ranges from intimate yachts to floating passenger "resorts" offering everything from rock-climbing and bowling to surfing and swimming.

The first ever National Cruise Week, which runs from 7-14 September, has been organised by the Association of Cruise Experts (ACE), the trade organisation representing agents selling cruises.

Thousands of travel agents throughout the country will be holding a wide variety of events to promote cruising and highlight the huge choice of destinations open to today’s cruisers.

Carol Zieba, manager of Thomson in Perth said “When we heard about the national event, we were really keen to get involved. We’re here to help people answer any question that they might have on cruises – and we’ve even got some interesting facts to share”

Did you know?  Thomson Perth’s Guide to Cruising.

152 cruises are booked every hour in the UK. The average Round the World cruise gets through 840 bottles of vodka, 312 bottles of gin, and 285 bottles of Scotch. The largest cruise ship ever built for British cruise passengers carries 4,296 people. That’s enough to form 390 football teams. The average cruise ship gets through 26,300 teabags and 750 litres of ice cream per week. A butler on an ultra-luxury cruise ship walks 15km every day. That is equivalent to 11 marathons a month. The average cruise ship travels 73,000 nautical miles per year. That’s six times round the world. On the average cruise ship, 400 bottles of champagne are consumed every week.

For further information about activities in St John’s Shopping Centre please log on to www.stjshopping.co.uk